THE rtACE TrtACK Six Straight O N the spur of the moment, I'd say that the most notable per- formance of last week was the apparently effortless victory of Ma- jestic Prince in the Santa Anita Derby on Saturdav. Extending his unbeaten record to SIX straight, he made the nine other three-year-olds look like hacks as he won by eight lengths. Now, that's a long margIn for a horse to WIn by, espe- cially if he's eased up in the stretch but that's the mar- gin the chartmaker gave Majestic Prince over Mr. Joe F , who won two stakes races at the meeting and placed in two others. Lonny's Secret was third, a length away. Majestic Prince was never worse than third- at first behind Right Cross, then behInd Mr. Joe F.-but from the moment Hartack gave h 1 m his head the race was virtually over. The time for the mile and a furlong was 0:22%, 0:45%, 1:10%, 1:35%, 1:49}5. Johnny Longden, who won the Santa Anita Derby five times and now trains Ma- jestic Prince for Frank McMahon, plans to ship the colt to LexIngton in a week or two and wind up his prepa- ration for the Kentucky Derby with a run for the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland late this month. I expect that the Prince will be an even shorter- priced favorite in the Derby than he has been in the Caliente future book. But if you're looking for a long shot, there are four entrIes quoted at 5,000-1 each. 1\ BOUT three hours before Majes- .ï\.. tic Prince ran in California, Top Knight strolled home lengths ahead of Arts and Letters, Al Hattab, and Fast Hilarious in the Florida J)erhy at Gulf- stream Park. Beau Brummel, the oth- er starter, was alwavs so far behind you might have thought he was warm- ing up for the ne-xt race. It was my impression, as I watched the race on 'TV, that Top Knight dominated the scene from beginning to end. .LL\ way well, }7 caza, who rode him, steadied him and dropped him in behind Fast Hilarious, the speedball of the lot, and kept h1m there until halfway around the turn for home, where he took the lead. Arts and Letters heat Al Hattab almost as easIly for second place. The time for the mile and a furlong was 0:24,0:48%,1:12, 1:36}5, ] :48%. I thought the telecast was the best I'd seen in a month of Sundays. It was, however, part of an A.B.C. "WIde vV orld of Sports" program, and my ears took a beating from an automo- bile race in Florida and a hocke) match In Sweden. Drone, my fancy for the Florida Derby, went lame in a workout two days before the raCe. X-rays showed a chIp fracture of the right knee, and as this is written there's no telling when he may run again. No- body knows exactly how or when the injury occurred, for he was going a half mile at a not particularly fast pace. Owned hy A. B. Hancock's Claiborne Farm, the big, handsome gray colt by Sir Gay lord out of Cap and Bells, bv Tom Fool, won hIS first start on the openIng day at Hialeah In Januarv and his fourth in a row with a victory over King of the Castle, winner of the Louis'ana Derby a fortnight later Hancock has never made any secret of the fact that he thought Drone the best prospect he ever had for the Ken- tuck) Derby; the most he can hope for now is a comeback in the rich handi- caps next season. P ERHAPS it was the weather, but i racing at Aqueduct last week seemed to me too dull for words. Ob- v: 1>, viously, this is a minority report, for d> horseplayers came to the track in ', '" droves and bet like anything in the tote-another five-million-dollar day on Saturdav. (Actually, $5,331,311.) F or the record, the Westchester Stakes, at one mile, brought out half a dozen horses that Iron Ruler could beat, and did. Beaukins was second and Sky Count third. FaIr enough. -AUDAX MINOR . Last night I understood Thelma to say she and Jerome ,vere going to a party I \\Toke up at 4 A.M. with an uneasy feel- ing. ] al,vays feel better ,vhen I know 1"'helma is home so I checked her bed. It had not been slept in. I ,vas ,vorried sick but decided not to a,vaken my husband. At 6: 25 A.M. Thelma came tiptoeing into the house, carrying her shoes. I gave her a long, hard look but said nothing. My husband did not "vake up and he doesn't know about this. WORT D'S OLDEST The giant land tortoises of the Indian Ocean variety are the "vorld's oldest ,\ralking creatures.-A nn Landers' column in the Victoria (B.C.) Dazly Colonist. But can they tiptoe in? 123 .. ,,..".. ....,/ <t' . 4<< - . y ......: .; .. .... . "/,' '$'! "'" .ø <", t > y i " , 'Ú ,' '* , "" '" i "% ' /, :t ':j " 4< , i, , i :', --.;., '- , ' " > ' 'v, , "j:..,' c,; t j 4' . ". .. . .. j.' '" , ^ , j- .:sc ee V., I anal I ; I avies I I U Ilin. . . ."" *Donald Davies of Dublin is a way of life 673 color variations In Wool 0' the Wisp. For nearest store write 4 17 Fifth Ave. N. Y.